Work-supporting table for staple forming and driving machines and the like.



H. WEBER. R STAPLE FORMING AND DRIVING MACHINES AND THE LIKE.

WORK SUPPORTING TABLBFO APPLICATION FILED M121, 1910.

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H. WEBER. WORK SUPPORTING TABLE FOR STAPLE FORMING AND DRIVING MACHINESAND THE LIKE. APPLICATION FILED PEBJ, 1910-.

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COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH c0.. WASHINGTON, D. C-

UNTTED STATES PATENT @FFTSE.

HENRY WEBER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO LATI-IAM MACHINERYCOMPANY,

OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

WORK-SUPPORTING TABLE FOR STAPLE FORMING AND DRIVING MACHINES AND THELIKE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 10, 1912.

Original application filed July 7, 1908, Serial No. 442,269. Divided andthis application filed February 1,

1910. Serial No. 541,211.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY WEBER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Work- Supporting Tablesfor Staple Forming and Driving Machines and the Like, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This application is a division of application, Serial No. 442,269, filedin the United States Patent Ofiice July 7th, 1908, and the inventionrelates more particularly to improvements in work supporting tables forstaple forming and driving machines and the like comprising hingedsections adjustable with respect to the support, and the primary objectof the invention is to provide improved means for adjusting the tabletop with relation to its support and for maintaining the same in thedesired adjusted position according to the nature of the work to beperformed.

A further object is to provide an improved device of this characterwhich will be simple, durable and cheap in construction and effectiveand efficient in operation.

To the attainment of these ends and the accomplishment of other new anduseful objects, as will appear, the invention consists in the featuresof novelty in the construction, combination and arrangement of theseveral parts hereinafter more fully described and claimed, and shown inthe accompanying drawings illustrating an exemplification of theinvention, and in which Figure 1 is a front elevation of an improveddevice of this character constructed in accordance with the principlesof this invention. Fig. 2 is a detail sectional view of the table orsupport showing the members arranged at an angle to each other. Fig. 3is a detail sectional view on line 3-3 of Fig. 1. Fig. a is a sideelevation of the support or table showing the same adjusted to ahorizontal position. Fig. 5 is a top plan view of Fig. 4 with partsbroken away. Fig. 6 is an end elevation of Fig. 4

Referring more particularly to the'drawings and in the presentexemplification of the invention, the work support or table comprisessections 10 which are connected together by means of suitable hinges 11and are held in position on a suitable support 12 which latter is inturn supported by a saddle post 13 adjustably mounted in the main frame14 of the mechanism. The support 12 projects laterally from the saddlepost 13 and is provided with tubular members 15 which extend beyond theupper edge of the support.

Each of the sections 10 of the work support is provided with spacedtubular bearings 16 projecting below the lower face thereof and adaptedto register respectively with the tubular projections 15 on the support12 so that when the work support or table is placed in such a positionthat these respective tubular members will register, suitable fasteningdevices 17 such as pins, bolts or the like may be inserted into theregistering tubular. portions for securing the work support or table tothe saddle post. One of these sections or membersv 10 of the table orsupport may be provided with a cutaway portion 18 (see Figs. 1 and 5)through which bearings 19 of the clencher members project. The support12 is preferably provided with projections 20, shown more clearlyin'Fig. 3, which are in turn provided with inclined faces 21 arranged atangles to each other and against which the sections or members 10 of thework support or table are adapted to rest when they are lowered to theposition, shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, to hold the sections at an angle toeach other.

Any suitable means may be provided for raising and holding the sections10 of the work support or table to form a fiat support, and for thispurpose there is provided a pair of inverted substantially A-shapedmembers 22 which are pivoted by their apeXes as at 23 to the support 12,one at each extremity thereof and in. a manner to extend transversely ofthe support. These members 22 are provided at their free eX- tremitieswith spaced arms 24 which latter are adapted to be moved intoengagementwith the lower face of the sections 10 when the latter arelowered to the position shown in Figs. 2 and 3. When the members 22 aremoved about their pivots into the position shown in Fig. 4, the arms 24:will, during such movement of the members 22, engage the lower faces ofthe sections 10 of the work support or table and move the latter abouttheir pivots with respect to each other to elevate the sections to forma flat support and when thus elevated, the arms 24 will hold thesections 10 in such positions. A suitable handle 25 may be provided oneach of the members 22 by means of which they may be readily adjustedabout their pivots. When the members 22 are moved about their pivots inthe opposite directions that is so that the wider ends on which the arms2st are located, extend below the pivots 23, the sections 10 of thetable or will fall to the positions shown in Figs. 2 and 3.

The work support or table and saddle post 13 may be adjustedtoward andaway from the staple or stitching mechanism 26, shown in the diagram inFig. 1, in any ordinary and well known manner, preferably by means of anoperating wheel 27 which is connected to a rotatable shaft 28 and whichlatter has a threaded engagement 29 with the saddle post 13 so that whenthe wheel 27 is rotated, the saddle post and work support or table maybe bodily adjusted toward or away from the staple or stitching mechanism26, according to the direction of rotation of the wheel. This bodilyadjustment of the saddle post and work support, however, forms no partof the present invention.

In order that the invention might be fully understood, the details ofthe foregoing embodiment thereof have been thus specifically described,but

' What I claim as new is:

1. A work supporting table for stapling machines, comprising a mainsupport, a table comprising sections pivotally connected to each other,means for removably securing the table to the support in a manner thatthe sections will fold downwardly against the support, and meansadjacent each end of the sections and mounted for pivotal movementtransversely with respect to the pivotal movement of the said sectionsand adapted to simultaneously engage the table sections to adjust andhold the latter in a substantially flat position with respect to eachother, the said means being also adapted to fold downwardly upon thesupport and in a direction away from the table.

2. A work supporting table for stapling machines, comprising sectionspivotally connected together, means for removably securing the table tothe support in a manner that the sections will fold downwardly againstthe support, and means mounted upon the support adjacent each end of thesections and for movement upon a pivot arranged. transversely withrespect to the pivot of said sections and adapted to simultaneouslyengage the table sections to adjust and hold the latter in asubstantially fiat position support said sections, sald membersprojecting yond the sides of the support and adapted to.

with respect to each other, the said means being also adapted to folddownwardly upon the support and in a direction away from the table.

3. A work supporting table for stapling machines, comprising a mainsupport, a table comprising hinged sections, means for removablysecuring the table to the support with the hinged portions extendinglongitudinally of the support whereby the sections will fold downwardlyagainst the support,

and a pivoted member adjacent each end of the support, the pivots ofsaid members being disposed transversely of the pivots simultaneouslyengage the tablesections to adjust and hold the latter in asubstantially longitudinal plane, said pivoted means being also adaptedto fold downwardly upon the support and in a direction away from thetable.

4. A work supporting table for stapling machines, comprising a mainsupport, a table comprising hinged sections, means for removablysecuring the table to the support with the hinged portions extendinglongitudinally of the support whereby the sections will fold downwardlyagainst the support, a pivoted member adjacent each end of the support,said members being supported for movement about pivots disposedtransversely with respect to the pivotal movement of the said sectionsand adapted to simultaneously engage the table sections to adjust andhold the latter in a substantially horizontal plane, and an operatinghandle secured to each of said pivoted members, said means being alsoadapted to fold downwardly upon the support and in a direction away fromthe table.

5. A work supporting table for stapling machines, comprising a mainsupport, two table sections hinged together, said support being providedwith spaced tubular projections extending beyond the top thereof, saidtable sections being also provided with tubular projections adapted toregister with the respective tubular projections on the support, afastening device passing through the cooperating tubular projections toremovably secure the table to the support, said hinged sections beingarranged with the hinges arranged longitudinally of the support andadapted to fold downwardly against the sides of the support, an invertedsubstantially A-shaped member arranged adjacent each end of and disposedtransversely of the support, the apex of each of said members havingpivotal connection with'the support, and the free extremities thereofbeing adapted to engage and simultaneously raise the table sections, anda handle secured to each of the members for moving the latter abouttheir pivots;

6. A work supporting table for stapling machines, comprising a mainsupport, two table sections hinged together, said support being providedwith spaced tubular projections extending beyond the top thereof, saidtable sections being also provided with tubular projections adapted toregister with the respective tubular projections on the support, afastening device passing through the cooperating tubular projections toremovably secure the table to the support, said hinged sections beingarranged with the hinges arranged longitudinally of the support andadapted to fold downwardly against the sides of the support, and apivoted member adjacent each end of the sections adapted to be movedinto engagement with the sections for simultaneously raising them andholding them in their respective positions.

7. A work supporting table for stapling machines, comprising a mainsupport, two table sections hinged together, said support being providedwith spaced tubular projections extending beyond the top thereof, saidtable sections being also provided with tubular projections adapted toregister with the respective tubular projections on the support, afastening device passing through the cooperating tubular projections toremovably secure the table to the support, said hinged sections beingarranged with the hinges arranged longitudinally of the support andadapted to fold downwardly against the sides of the support, and apivoted member adjacent each end of the sections swinging on the aXesintersecting the axes of the table sections and adapted to be moved intoengagement with the sections for simultaneously raising them and holdingthem in their respective positions.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification, in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses, on this 14th day of January A. D.1910.

HENRY W'EBER.

Witnesses:

J. H. JOGHUM, Jr., C. H. SEEM.

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Washington, D. 0.

